At the Stade Louis II, hosts Monaco opened the scoring in controversial fashion, as Lucas Ocampos deflected Fabinho’s goal-bound shot into the net from an offside position in the 17th minute.

The flag stayed down despite no Lens defender putting Ocampos onside as the Argentine slid over the goalline as he got the final touch.

Monaco’s lead was doubled by Dimitar Berbatov, via a one-two with strike partner Emmanuel Riviere four minutes out from half-time.

Berbatov played a ball wide for Riviere, whose cut-back pass found the former Manchester United man in the box, who finished clinically.

The floodgates opened in the second half, as Claudio Ranieri’s men scored three times in a 13-minute period.

Riviere, Fabinho and Ocampos all found the back of the net to pile the misery onto Lens.

Provider for Berbatov’s goal, Riviere was repaid the favour by the Bulgarian, who put through his team-mate after some class one-two passing, and the Frenchman finished off under pressure from Lens’ scrambling defence.

In the 58th minute, Monaco’s lead grew, as Fabinho had time to take a touch from Nicolas Isimat-Mirin’s set-piece before the Brazilian lashed home the hosts’ fourth goal from the back post.

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